The annual statistics report on drugs misuse in England has been released

There were 61,142 admissions with a primary or secondary diagnosis of drug-related mental health and behaviour disorders. This is a 6 per cent (3,290) increase from 2011-12 when there were 57,852 such admissions. Figures have continued to increase year on year and are now almost twice as high as they were ten years ago when they were 31,490 in 2002-03.

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